cautioning against a ground invasion in gaza, saying the casualties would deepen. despite that, all along the border, there are platoons of israeli troops waiting for the order to go. >> that operation would continue until we will make it clear that the reality we are facing now and we faced before the operation will not be the reality afterwards. >> reporter: while president obama says he has been in touch with the leaders of israel, egypt and turkey, it appears that cairo is taking the lead role in trying to negotiate a peace deal between hamas and israel. along the israel-gaza border, david lee miller, fox news. >>> in other news of the world tonight, in turkey, a cameraman held by syrian government forces for 87 days is now back with his family. cameraman held tight to his wife as they were reunited. he told reporters it was very hard for him to talk because he didn't speak to anyone the entire time he was held. he did say he was not mistreated. there is no word about the whereabouts of the jordanian reporter captured with him as they were reporting in aleppo.